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Chapter 94; This isn’t just about YOU

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I spent the entire night tossing and turning, Monica’s words looping in my head like a broken record.

“She gave up everything for him. And how did he repay her? He destroyed her.”

I wanted to believe it was all manipulation, just another one of her desperate tactics to divide Adrian and me. But the way Adrian reacted… the way his entire body went rigid, his grip on control slipping for just a moment before he stormed out—

That wasn’t the reaction of a man who was innocent.

And that terrified me.

The morning sun streamed through my window, painting golden streaks across my room, but my world still felt clouded in doubt. I forced myself up, shaking away the exhaustion clinging to my limbs. I needed answers.

I got dressed quickly, throwing on a fitted navy blazer over a silk blouse and my favorite pair of tailored pants. Something about dressing sharply gave me the illusion of control, even when my thoughts were spiraling. My hair was swept into a sleek ponytail, and as I looked at mysel
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